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There Was a Time
Lyrics by William S. Gilbert
Music by Sir Arthur Sullivan
No. 5, Sung by Luiz and Casilda
 MIDI file (2 min. 35 seconds, sequenced by Peter Crichton).
LUIZ. - There was a time--
- A time for ever gone--ah, woe is me!
- It was no crime
- To love but thee alone--ah, woe is me!
- One heart, one life, one soul,
One aim, one goal--
- Each in the other's thrall,
Each all in all, ah, woe is me, ah, woe is me!
BOTH. - Oh, bury, bury--let the grave close o'er
- The days that were--that never will be more!
- Oh, bury, bury love that all condemn,
- And let the whirlwind mourn its requiem!
CAS. - Dead as the last year's leaves--
- As gathered flowers--ah, woe is me!
- Dead as the garnered sheaves,
- That love of ours--ah, woe is me!
- Born but to fade and die
- When hope was high,
- Dead and as far away
- As yesterday!--ah, woe is me!
BOTH. - Oh, bury, bury--let the grave close o'er
- The days that were--that never will be more!
- Oh, bury, bury love that all condemn,
- And let the whirlwind mourn, its requiem, its requiem, its requiem!
Updated 6 December 2003
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